Of course. And it will just lead to a situation where you will need to pirate a copy to be able to play it offline.

These schemes only give paying customers a worse experience than pirates.

I feel obliged to point out that, Brexit didn't happen, then his rights as an EU citizen would have been violated. As far as I know, you can't use the Schengen system against EU citizens.

But because he was British and Brexit happened, Germany could do this.

But I do wonder.. if the French government would formally invite him, they should be able to overrule the German decision. It seems that they decided not to do that?

What they fear most, above anything, is that public opinion in the USA will flip.

When attitudes toward apartheid changed in the USA, it culminated in sanctions in 1986.

Five years later, Nelson Mandela was free and apartheid had ended.

Layoffs... In this labour market, lol.

He might as well close shop.

McDonalds operates in a highly competitive market and as anyone who has ever worked in one can tell you, they already have the absolute minimum employees that they can get away with.

This is also in line with what textbook economics would predict.

So yeah, he will layoff whomever he can, whether min wage is $10 or $20.

The poster said "now do NDAs", which is what the parent is referring to

I remember when Democrats had 60 seats and Lieberman was the boogeyman.

There is always an excuse.

I agree.

By itself, Israel just isn't a viable state. It's a US/European colony.

Even if the US and European countries would continue their aid, but (for example) crack down on dual citizenship, Israel would implode.

And I do think the 180 is going to come within two decades. We already see that young Americans and young Europeans do not support Israel in majority.

And it's not just aid to Israel, but also aid to Egypt, Jordan and special privileges for Saudi-Arabia.

There are so many expensive support structures to make the colony work, that I honestly don't think Israel will exist in its current form in 2050.

Does anyone know why Bangladesh had zero added sugar?

Could it be that Bangladesh has stricter regulations?

Edit: it seems I was wrong. I thought when I read this yesterday it said Bangladesh had no sugar, but looking it up today, that's no longer the case.

Source: https://stories.publiceye.ch/nestle-babies/

Also, a lot of small investors hold their assets through institutions.

Perhaps I am not enough of a tankie, but in a fully equal world, I would expect these institutions, especially pension funds, to hold 100% of equities.

Every family would be middle class.

A young, starting family would have a mortgage and zero investments.

An old family would have a paid off house and a retirement account filled with a diverse set of stocks and bonds. The total value would be more than a million, making everyone a millionaire over time.

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I don't think he's totally wrong.

With 10 engineers one should be able to set up a Mastodon instance and scale it.

I think the issue comes when you look at all the functionality that is much more nuanced than just the bare technicals.

A good algorithm to maintain high engagement and display relevant content and relevant ads. Moderation to maintain a balance between an environment friendly for advertising without feeling censored.

And all the data analysis and UX testing to achieve that.

Building a Twitter clone is easy. Dominating the niche is hard.